Give Them More

Give Them More
Written and Recorded 2002/2003

And now for something completely different. Jumping back over a decade of songwriting and experiences to high school Nathan. "Give Them More" is another song recorded on my 4-Track that I was very proud of at the time. It was the second track on the "I Say, 'Go'" album. I think this song's purpose was to call for social justice/rebellion...not sure why. Nevertheless, here's another from the start of the catalog.

• First word that pops into my head is "BUSY." There is so much going on right out of the gates. The lead riff/power chords are all over the place, the lead guitar line is moving about like drunk bumble bee. The "More is Better" mentality shows itself again.
• The intro/interlude and verse chord progression is the same here, but the verse is muted. I can't really say palm muted because I couldn't do it correctly at the time. I mostly put my pinky over the strings behind the chord. But muting the chords and using them for multiple sections was a songwriting technique I learned from Alice in Chains. They use palm muting in such great and interesting ways to accentuate dynamics.
• I definitely used power chords as a riff, trying to mimic other grunge bands like Bush, Stone Temple Pilots, and Soundgarden.
• The bridge material is still interesting and grabs my ear. I remember the first part spawning from a mistake that I just went with. I missed a chord and stayed on it. The second part with no drums is a nice breakdown midway through a very loud and busy song. There is a lot of energy there that maybe should have gone straight to a chorus. 
• Despite not having room for a bass, the rhythm guitar is quite bassy. Most of the effects used on these early songs come from a BOSS bass multi-effects pedal. It definitely helped with that aspect of early recording.
• Lyrics here are not too bad. Though with everything else going on, I'm not sure how much they matter.